Santiago
Santiago ranks #26 in the United States in 2025, and it is climbing. It has been on the books since 1880 and never mattered more than it does today; 103,828 bearers and counting.
What Santiago carries
Santiago · Hebrew
“holy James”
Source: Charlotte M. Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884), see our sources.
Santiago’s free Name Kit
Five printables for Santiago, drawn in your browser at print size the moment you ask: a name print for the wall, a nursery sign, a tracing sheet, a shortlist sheet, and twelve sibling names with the reason for each. Letter size, 300 dpi, in the site’s own hand.
- Name print Meaning, origin and the popularity curve on one sheet, ready for a frame.
- Nursery sign The name big and bright, for a door, a shelf or the top of a dresser.
- Tracing sheet The name in dotted letters, with room to go over it again and again.
- Shortlist sheet A page for weighing names side by side: initials, nicknames, how it sounds with yours.
- Sibling names sheet Twelve names that go with this one, each with the reason, from the sibling matcher.
Name print
Meaning, origin and the popularity curve on one sheet, ready for a frame.
Nursery sign
The name big and bright, for a door, a shelf or the top of a dresser.
Tracing sheet
The name in dotted letters, with room to go over it again and again.
Shortlist sheet
A page for weighing names side by side: initials, nicknames, how it sounds with yours.
Sibling names sheet
Twelve names that go with this one, each with the reason, from the sibling matcher.
Print on plain letter paper or heavier card; the sign and the print look best on matte stock.
Santiago since 1880
Santiago is at its all-time peak right now: #26 in 2025.
United States national data, Social Security Administration, through 2025, how we use it.
Where Santiago is most common
Santiago is most common in Nevada: 1.22% of the state's recorded boys' names in 2025. California (1.13%) and Arizona (1.1%) follow.
Share of the state's recorded names for that sex, from the Social Security Administration's state file; a name is listed in a state only when five or more babies received it there that year.
Names that sit near Santiago
Same shelf of the library: origin, era and shape, scored deterministically.
Ezekiel
#61 in 2025 · Hebrew
Jeremiah
#88 in 2025 · Hebrew
Gabriella
#105 in 2025 · Hebrew
Eliza
#115 in 2025 · Hebrew
Giovanni
#123 in 2025 · Hebrew
Elise
#223 in 2025 · Hebrew
Simon
#230 in 2025 · Hebrew
Asher
#28 in 2025 · Hebrew
Browse: names starting with S · Hebrew names · all names
About Santiago
How common is Santiago today?
Santiago ranks #26 in the United States in 2025, and it is climbing. Every point on the chart is the SSA's own count, back to 1880.
What is the recorded meaning of Santiago?
The reference we cite records “holy James”, of Hebrew origin (Charlotte M. Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884)).
Is there a sibling name for Santiago?
Nearest by the published recipe: Ezekiel, Jeremiah and Gabriella. The sibling matcher scores every common American name against the ones you already have.
Get Santiago’s free Name Kit
Five printables made in your browser: a name print for the wall, a nursery sign, a tracing sheet, a shortlist sheet and twelve sibling names with the reason for each. Yours in a moment, for one email.
Make the kitThe book is in the works
A printed picture book where Santiago earns every letter of their own name, page by page. See the preview pages and hear when it is ready.
Preview the book